Jack P. Manno

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Commoditization and Its Impact on Environment and Society

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Produktbeschreibung

What are the obstacles in the way of effectively solving the environmental crises of our time? What can we do to overcome them? These may be two of the most important questions heading into the 21st century. Organized human societies have the ability to completely change the world. While we have excelled at building, destroying and rebuilding, we h

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000611014
• Artikelnr.: 56897520

Autorenporträt

Jack P. Manno is a cross-disciplinary scholar and writer, the Executive Director of the New York Great Lakes Research Consortium, and an adjunct Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, NY. He is also President of Great Lakes United, a coalition of 170 organizations in Canada and the U.S. including environmental activists, First Nations and Native American organizations, conservationists, hunting and fishing clubs, and others working for the protection and restoration of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Ecosystem of North America. For the past 3 years Jack has been affiliated with the Global Ecological Integrity Project, a multi-disciplinary team of ecologists, philosophers, legal scholars, and economists working to improve understanding of the practical implications of the concept of ecological integrity in a range of ecosystems around the world. He has written extensively on the dynamics of social and political systems, including the militarization of the U.S. space program, the role of nongovernmental organizations in world environmental politics, and others. He can be contacted at [e-mail].

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The Privileged Qualities of Commodities The Process of
Commoditization Examples of How Commoditization Works The Attributes of
Commoditization Conclusion Evolution, Systems, and Commoditization
Introduction Commoditization and Evolutionary Theory The Natural Selection
of Commodities Commoditization and Systems Conclusion Commoditization and
Distortion of Development Introduction Unfair Competition and Comparisons
Industrial or High Input Agriculture VS Low Input Agriculture Health Care
and Health Services Environmental Pollution Control and the 4Rs
Transportation Science and Academia Electricity Sector (Box) Conclusion
Systematic Oppression Introduction Linking Oppression and Commoditization
How to Build a Community Conquest, Money, and Commoditization
Commoditization and the Oppression of Indigenous People The Legacy of
Colonialism in the Modern Global Economy Commoditization and the Oppression
of Women Commoditization and Class Oppression The Underdevelopment of
Imagination Conclusion The Institutional Development of the Commoditized
Economy Introduction European Foundations Pre-industrial Commercial
Institutions The Rise of Industrialism and the Modern Economy The American
Experience Ecology and Commoditization Sustainable Development and the
Challenge of Ecology Ecological Principles and Economic Implications
Conclusion Toward a Coordinated Decommoditization Strategy Introduction The
Policy Wedges The Role of Participatory Democracy The Powers of Government
Steps in a Decommoditization Strategy Decommoditization Effect on
Government Credit Policies Building a Movement